First results with high-resolution pet detector modules using wavelength-shifting fibers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 2, 1998, Pages 2993-2999

  Worstell, W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CSI(NA) DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WAVELENGTH-SHIFTING FIBERS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0032314853     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.737655     Document Type: Article

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